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My First QuiltSamantha Roth
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Asian Curved Log CabinAnita Ruesch
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Stack-N-Whack SamplerAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Debbie Bookman. The kaleidoscope design is created by using the Stack-N-Whack method. Rather than finding and cutting each piece individually, you layer and cut a number of large, identically printed rectangles to make a stack.
Ryan’s T-Shirt QuiltAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced. Machine quilted by Debbie Bookman. This is a great way to show off those kids’ t-shirts I’ve been saving. Cathy Baker, one of the creators of this pattern, taught the class at our last IQI Quilt-In. This was a great opportunity fro me to finally do this quilt. It was fun picking outContinue reading “Ryan’s T-Shirt Quilt
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Cosmic StarsAnita Ruesch
Machine pieced. Custom machine quilted by Donna Derstadt. This was a class I took at Quilters Heaven using Bali Pop fabrics which are precut strips in assorted colors.
Thorn Series ITracy McCabe Stewart
Hand dyed & commercial cottons. Screen printed. Machine quilted, I was inspired by the beautiful shapes of the common locust thorn when making this piece.
FallTracy McCabe Stewart
Hand dyed silks and cottons, skeleton leaves. Machine quilted, This piece is a celebration of the beauty of fall.
Bark Series ITracy McCabe Stewart
Hand dyed & commercial cottons, fossils. Machine quilted, This piece is part of a series exploring the translation of bark texture into fiber.
Autumn TonesDiana Urso
Hand woven This design was inspired by the fading summer and autumnal colors. Shades of gold, rust and brown with flecks of gold shimmer complete this heavier weight shawl for the coming cooler weather. Contains wool and mohair, cotton and synthetic fibers. Hand washable, drape to dry.
Prairie Field FlowersDiana Urso
Hand woven During the month of August, I noticed fields of natural prairie plants around my home in Willowbrook, IL. Multiple shades of green, with tiny blue, yellow, white and salmon blooms speckled the wind-swept fields. (Yes, we still have some of these untouched lots in our area.) Those colors, in their most natural formContinue reading “Prairie Field Flowers
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Reblooming LavenderDiana Urso
Hand woven on an upright triangle loom My miniature lavender bush bloomed in fragrant shades of pink in the early spring of this year. Soon the tiny pink buds opened to lavender and finally the darker purple spent flowers fell to the ground. Here, I have attempted to replicate the progression of this process inContinue reading “Reblooming Lavender
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MemoriesPat Valerio
Machine appliquéd, machine quilted Made in memory of Elvis.
Pearls in the SeaPat Valerio
Machine pieced, machine appliquéd, beaded & quilted
Fire CrackerPat Valerio
Machine appliquéd, machine pieced by Pat Valerio. Machine quilted by Sue DiVarco Made for my son Paul Valerio and his wife Kanaka Miwa.
Heirloom ChristeningMary Wahle
Machine pieced, shaped lace, pintucks & shark’s teeth. Machine quilted I made this for my daughter and son-in-law who are expecting their first child.
Something from Nothing:Ann Wasserman
Machine pieced, machine appliquéd, machine quilted Several years ago, I “inherited” a huge collection of decorator fabric samples. I set myself the challenge to use these fabrics to make a series of quilts in which: all the different colorways of a fabric are used, and the quilt design somehow related to the print. I haveContinue reading “Something from Nothing:
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Something from Nothing:Ann Wasserman
Machine pieced, machine appliquéd, machine quilted Several years ago, I “inherited” a huge collection of decorator fabric samples. I set myself the challenge to use these fabrics to make a series of quilts in which: all the different colorways of a fabric are used, and the quilt design somehow related to the print. I haveContinue reading “Something from Nothing:
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